His mobile phone was traced to Greece because of a call he made to an extremist group in Belgium. We dont know exactly how he crossed into Greece from Syria. but we do know that there are holes in the system that terrorists can exploit. Senator COLLINS and I first started working on the issue of biometric standards and improving our security with visa waiver countries several years ago after the Ressam case. in which an individual from Algeria went to France and from France to Canada. making up a new identity every step of the way. He then made it to the U.S. border in Washington State at Port Angeles and made up a new identity as a Canadian citizen. Thank God a customs and border security agent was smart enough to realize something was amiss. and when they checked the trunk of the car. they found explosives that he had planned to use to blow up LAX. Todays legislation makes sure our physical border checks are moved to overseas airports so that U.S. law enforcement officials will be there on the ground to check for those people who are slipping through the European regime and may try to board an airplane bound for the United States of America. It is very important that we continue to strengthen our security regime. and I believe there is more that we can do. Our bill. S. 2430. would have allowed Customs and Border Protection to expand preclearance operations at targeted airports where we are concerned that the U.S. has a full partnership. If you have traveled outside of the United States of America and then return. you are very well aware of what happens to you at Customssomething like what is depicted in this photo where somebody is asking you for your passport information and background. Many of these operations have continued to be improved. including at Dulles airport.
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